One could say that the Dodge City High School Red Demons got Bombardiered Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

Hays quarterback Bryant Bombardier threw a pair of touchdown bombs in the first half and then added a short scoring toss early in the fourth quarter, propelling the unbeaten Indians to a 28-17 victory over Dodge City before a disappointed Homecoming crowd.

In a Western Athletic Conference clash filled with momentum-seizing plays, none loomed larger than Bombardier’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Casey Sedbrook on third-and-7 with 8:22 remaining. It extended the Indians’ lead to 28-17 and effectively served as the knockout punch to the Red Demons.

While Dodge City (4-2, 1-2) saw its WAC championship hopes dissolve in suffering its second straight WAC loss, Hays (6-0) is in the driver’s seat in conference standings at 3-0.

“We’re not playing together,” deadpanned Dodge City coach Justin Burke. “We got caught against Great Bend (in a 28-27 road loss last Friday) and we didn’t fix some things. I thought we had those things fixed, but we didn’t.

“Guys weren’t communicating, and we just didn’t get it done. We’ve got too much attitude now. We read the paper too much when things were going right. Now we have to dig down through adversity and it’s hard.”

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